With Snowdonia experiencing the best winter mountaineering conditions for more than 15 years, staff at the National Mountain Centre, deep in the heart of the national park, should be getting ready for their busiest weekend of the year so far.
Usually thousands of climbers, walkers and other outdoor enthusiasts would be descending on the centre at Plas y Brenin in their droves. But with police tape swirling across the entrances to the park, shut down because of the foot and mouth epidemic, the centre is deserted.
Iain Peter, the chief executive, has been forced to lay off 40 staff and the remaining 60 are down to a three-day week. With no end to the crisis in sight he can envisage having to shut down the £120,000-a-month operation.
The foot and mouth crisis, now in its third week, is having a devastating effect on trade and many who work in the tourism industry are demanding action before their livelihoods are destroyed.
In north Wales, the Lake District and the highlands of Scotland tourism is the largest economy's largest sector employing, the lifeblood of the community, bringing in far more money than farming - the industry the ban was brought in to protect. The Cumbrian tourist board estimated the crisis was costing the local economy between £5m and £8m a week.
The government accepted yesterday that the foot and mouth outbreak was causing "real difficulty and hardship" to tourism, but with the Easter holidays fast approaching those working in the industry want more than just words.
"Everybody is suffering," said Mr Peter. "Everything round here, from the pubs to the post office and petrol station rely on the trade that we bring in. With nobody here they are all starting to feel the pinch."
"We know we are not going to get any compensation from the government. I don't want the ban lifted if it is going to wreck the farming community, but the government has put in place some pretty stringent powers without thinking of the full implications. We need to see drastic action taken quickly. At the moment we have no idea when this is going to end, but if it goes on much longer I am going to have to lay off the rest of my staff."
Richard Townsend from the Association of Mountain Instructors said the organisation was trying to negotiate with the national parks and land owners for limited access to the mountains. "We have 700 members, most of whom are self employed, and they are losing on average £500 a week each as a result of the crisis."
Howard Christie, who owns the Wasdale Head Hotel in the Lake District, estimates he has lost about £24,000 in the last 10 days. "I have respect for my farming neighbours and I hope they have respect for me, but the fact is the 15 people I employ at the hotel are more than the total number employed in agriculture in the valley. With the money I have lost I could have bought every piece of livestock in the valley and had change to spare."
Rick Potter is a self employed mountain instructor who works out of Llanberis in the shadow of Snowdon in north Wales. "The area is like a ghost town. The car parks are empty and taped shut, the National Parks are all closed," he said yesterday. "The place is usually a mecca for outdoor activities, children and people who just want stroll or walk their dog but now it's completely dead."
Just down the road at Pete's Eats, one of the most famous mountaineering hangouts in Britain, the crisis is also beginning to bite. "Everyone is respecting the ban and we have lost most of out trade," said the manager, Ted Sylvester. "We are losing thousands a week and if you multiply that through the village, where 70% of revenue is tourist based, the crisis must have cost something like £200,000.
"When you think that the restrictions on movement were put in mainly for economic reasons in the first place at some point the government is going to have to start considering the effect it is having on other areas and not just farming."


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Martin Dobson, né le  à Rishton (Angleterre), est un footballeur anglais, qui évoluait au poste de milieu de terrain à Burnley et en équipe d'Angleterre.

Dobson n'a marqué aucun but lors de ses cinq sélections avec l'équipe d'Angleterre en 1974.

Carrière
 1966 : Bolton Wanderers
 1966-1974 : Burnley
 1974-1978 : Everton
 1978-1983 : Burnley
 1983-1985 : Bury

Palmarès

En équipe nationale
 5 sélections et 0 but avec l'équipe d'Angleterre en 1974.

Avec Burnley
 Vainqueur du Charity Shield en 1973.
 Vainqueur du Championnat d'Angleterre de football D2 en 1973.
 Vainqueur du Championnat d'Angleterre de football D3 en 1982.
 Vainqueur de la Coupe anglo-écossaise en 1979.

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Naissance en février 1948
Naissance dans le Lancashire
Footballeur international anglais
Joueur du Bolton Wanderers FC
Joueur du Burnley FC
Joueur de l'Everton FC
Joueur du Bury FC
Entraîneur anglais de football
Entraîneur du Bristol Rovers FC
Entraîneur du Northwich Victoria FC

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Aeroacoustics Simulations for the Aerospace Industry
Fred Mendonça
Deborah Eppel
CD-adapco
Sources of flow-induced noise are varied. Typically, for commercial aircraft, they are mainly associated with high-lift devices, landing gear, jet nozzles, and cabin and cockpit climate control devices. For military air-vehicles, structural and aerodynamic instabilities of weapons and weapons bays are additional issues that need to be addressed.
This article describes two case studies, namely the airframe noise simulation of a complex nose landing gear, and the aeroacoustics analysis of an avionic cooling rack in an Airbus cockpit.
Case Study #1: Aeroacoustics of a Complex Nose Landing Gear
This case was implemented as part of the Problem 4 of the First AIAA Workshop on Benchmark problems for Airframe Noise Computations (BANC-I), which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 10-11, 2010. The geometry is a simplification of the Gulfstream G550 nose landing gear, configured as Partially-Dressed Cavity-Closed (PDCC). Experiments on a quarter-scale model were performed in the NASA-BART acoustic tunnel and at the University of Florida.
The computational model contained complete component details and resolved the geometry down into the laminar sub-layer (nominally y+ < 1). The mesh
comprised trimmed hexahedra with extruded prisms in the normal-to-wall direction, totaling 39 million cells. In the vicinity of all the landing gear components and wheel, uniform cubic cells of 0.75 mm were used.
In addition, a mesh coarsening exercise was performed. Two coarse meshes were successively run, in which the cell size in the core flow region was increased
from 0.75mm (fine) to 1.00 mm (medium mesh resulting in 22 million cells) and 1.25 mm (coarse mesh, 13 million cells), respectively.
First a steady-state simulation was performed in order to determine where volume mesh refinements were needed, as well as calculate the mesh frequency cut-off
measure to size the cells. The applied mesh was well able to capture frequencies up to 5 kHz in the vicinity of the landing gear components, as shown on accompanying images.
The results from the transient compressible simulation, using DES and applying non-reflective treatments at the inflow and outflow boundaries, delivered a high
level of confidence that both the mean and fluctuating flow fields were well predicted.
The total computational time for 0.25 seconds of simulated time on the fine mesh took approximately 16000 CPU-hours on a modern 3.0 GHz Linux platform.
This corresponds to just over 5 days on 128 CPUs. Likewise, the coarse 13 million cell case took just under 2 days.
Case Study #2: Noise Signature from an Airbus Cockpit Avionics Cooling Rack
In this case study, we demonstrated the up-front use of the steady-state turbulence synthesization method to improve the noise signature of an avionics cooling rack. The electronics sit on shelves which are actively cooled by air channels within the shelving, supplied by ducts which are fed from the Environmental Control System (ECS).
Debatin's technique was used to modify the original designs of plenum and shelf flow restrictor. The effects of the modifications were then assessed by
quantifying the noise reduction through CFD simulation and comparing the results with the measured noise reduction. A DES simulation was used for the transient flow-field predictions. Microphones were placed in arbitrary location in the plenum and in the shelf restrictor.
It was found that the modified plenum design significantly reduces the volume of flow recirculation, and consequently the shear-noise generating mechanisms.
The result was a reduction of noise levels across the full range of the human hearing spectrum. The DES simulation succeeded in predicting the level of noise reduction correctly (approximately 3dB in the range 300-10,000 H z), but over-predicted the improvement in the lower frequency range.
The flow turbulence through the shelf restrictor was found to be greatly reduced, resulting in a 2-5 dB reduction is noise levels between 100 and 10,000
Hz. The predicted levels of noise reduction were excellent across this full range.
The total model size was approximately 1.5million cells. Calculations in steadystate and transient (DES) were performed by a graduate intern student and completed within a period of three months, using computer resources limited to 8 CPUs maximum.
By working closely with the transport industry, CD-adapco provides validated tools to predict and design against aeroacoustical effects early in the design process. Two industrial aeroacoustics case studies, among a multitude of other possible applications in the aerospace industry, have been briefly described in this article. The results proved to be accurate and the study helped illustrate how a deeper understanding of acoustical phenomena can be gained through the use of STAR-CCM+, thereby enabling a higher degree of engineering value to be added while reducing costs and timescales in the CAE process.
Aeroacoustics best practices are now included in the STAR-CCM+ online documentation. For more information about methodologies and best practices for
aeroacoustics simulations in the automotive and aerospace sectors, please refer to .
"Chasing Noise with Simulation", Debatin, ECOMAS CFD 2006, The Netherlands, September 5-8, 2006.
"Efficient CFD Simulation Process for Aeroacoustic Driven Design", Mendonça et al., presented at the II SAE Brazil International Noise and Vibration Congress, October 17-19, 2010, Florianopolis, Brazil, SAE-2010-36-0545.
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Christian Storytelling
Over the course of the last month, I've not been blogging. Instead, I've been hammering away on this year's novel. It's part of National Novel Writing Month, which I've done for the last three years, and it's been great. The structures and disciplines and insta-community that springs up around this month-long blast of writing is great. Every year, it's helped me punch down a full draft 50,000+ word manuscript, going from concept to dang-there-it-is in a month.
One of the recurring of my writing has been developing stories with Christians woven into them. Being a pastor and all, I suppose that isn't surprising.
My first year's output revolved around the Amish. The Amish after an apocalyptic event, admittedly, so it's a harder and more brutal narrative than your typical pastel romance, but the Amish nonetheless. That one found a publisher, and should be out there...God willing...in eighteen months.
Last year's manuscript included two significant Methodist side characters. Methodists, aliens, and robots. And Russian hit men. Who were not Methodist.
This year, my protagonist is a charismatic evangelical, an evangelical who has an encounter with pandimensional extraterrestrials whose appearance is an homage to H.P. Lovecraft's Elder Things. Because for some reason, those two things go together in my mind.
Besides just pitching out a good yarn, one of my goals in the midst of all of this: to attempt to write stories in which Christians are actual human beings. In my reading and in film, I find that I'll encounter Jesus-people who are cast in only the broadest-brush stereotypes. They're too often Elmer Gantry charlatans or bible-thumping hypocrites or other two-dimensional tropes, and it bugs me. Jesus people are, in my experience, not all like this.
But neither are they the cookie-cutter drones we too often encounter in contemporary "Christian" literature and film, that alternate reality where human complexity gets obliterated by blow-to-the-forehead messaging.
As I prefer to write 'em, Christians make mistakes, and do stupid things, and continue to be genuinely Christian in a world where that's increasingly not the norm.
Which brings me to a point of fuddlement as I've been writing. My Christian characters inhabit a world populated by people who neither think nor speak in particularly Christian ways. Because I'm trying to write in a way that reflects reality, there is profanity. There is violence. And there are Christians, some flawed, some kind, some less so, mixed in to the whole mess.
I do wonder, honestly, how that will work for readers. To what extent can there be faithful Jesus-folk presented in literature that can be horrible or rough or profane? Is that encounter too jarring now, for the Christian reader, trained to expect watered-down and simplified literature? Is that encounter too jarring for the secular reader, who expects easy stereotypes in place of the human complexity that exists among the faithful?
The only way to find that out, I suppose, is to keep writing.
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The Power of Google Maps and Other Fascinating News on the Web
By Dave Pell @davepellDec. 11, 2013
Google's Map to World Domination
They come by land, air, and sea. They are everywhere. They are looking for everything. And the stakes are high. Google is leading the way in the race to map every last inch of the planet. Twenty-percent of all Google queries performed from the desktop already result in a little map being displayed. But that's the only the beginning. "All of our stuff will know where it is — and that awareness will imbue the real world with some of the power of the virtual. Your house keys will tell you that they're still on your desk at work. Your tools will remind you that they were lent to a friend. And your car will be able to drive itself on an errand to retrieve both your keys and your tools." Thankfully, you'll still need me to help you find a great article on the topic. And here one is from NYT Magazine's Adam Fisher: Google's road map to global domination.
Popeularity Contest
It was the change of tone heard 'round the world. Time has selected Pope Francis as this year's person of the year. "What makes this Pope so important is the speed with which he has captured the imaginations of millions who had given up on hoping for the church at all."
+ The award is supposed to go to the person who had the most influence on the news. As The New Yorker's John Cassidy argues, by that standard, Edward Snowden should have taken home the prize. Since his original leaks continue to lead to a gradual rollout of new stories, he may still win it next year.
+ Cocktails & Carnage: The people behind person of the year.
"It is hard not to feel let down by this judgment, which has taken India back several years in its commitment to protect basic rights" In a surprise ruling, India's top court has upheld a law that criminalizes gay sex. Here are some of the responses collected by Buzzfeed.
"He always came through the front after he parked his Ford under an old lady's magnolia tree down the street, far enough away that the neighbors wouldn't suspect anything." In a very interesting piece in Texas Monthly, Jenny Kutner shares the details of a relationship she had with her eighth grade history teacher. "People called me a victim. They called him a villain. But it's more complicated than that."
Still Mothering
Lorrain Taylor lost both of her twin sons to gun violence in East Oakland. "The pain of that winter afternoon rarely ebbs, but in the 13 years since her sons' deaths, Taylor has transformed her grief into a full-time mission to help others who have lost loved ones." In the SF Chronicle, my friend Carolyn Jones shares the story of the woman people call when they need the ultimate support.
+ Life, death, and PTSD in Oakland: "There is basically a war going on in Oakland. It's not that you leave the war. You always live inside the war. You're not going back home."
Udder Nonsense?
Big dairy companies are tugging hard to convince you that chocolate milk is the ultimate sports drink, especially when you drink it after you exercise. Are they right? Well, it could be better than the sports drink you currently guzzle.
+ All the countries that contribute to a single jar of Nutella.
Behind the Selfie
For better or worse, one of the most talked-about moments from the Mandela memorial was the selfie snapped by Obama and a pair of other global leaders. The image went viral and led to follow-up stories with a variety of weird angles. Roberto Schmidt took the photo of the now famous selfie and shares his own story: "I took these photos totally spontaneously, without thinking about what impact they might have. At the time, I thought the world leaders were simply acting like human beings, like me and you."
+ A far more interesting photo from that day: The magic moment when W showed Hillary his paintings on Air Force One. Taking selfies. Oversharing. Yeah, folks. They're people.
+ Speaking of photos, here's the final installment of the Year in Photos from InFocus.
+ And 18 GIFs that define (well, not really) the year in sports.
You Are Sleeping Wrong
"You throw out your arm and hit the snooze button, silencing the noise for at least a few moments. Just another couple of minutes, you think. Then maybe a few minutes more. It may seem like you're giving yourself a few extra minutes to collect your thoughts. But what you're actually doing is making the wake-up process more difficult and drawn out." The New Yorker's Maria Konnikova on the science that suggests that snoozers are losers.
Ninety Bottles of Beer on the Wall
We're drinking a lot less beer these days. And that's especially true when it comes to beer that is sort of crappy. Here's a look at nine beers Americans no longer drink.
+ MentalFloss Video: 26 interesting facts about beer.
The Bottom of the News
According to a recent study, teachers tend to give better grades to more attractive students. This actually makes sense as it prepares them for a lifetime of being treated better in every aspect of life.
+ You're running around the office, constantly busy. Stop. You might be spreading secondhand stress.
+ The twistiest tongue twister ever.
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Yes, a Perineum Orgasm Is a Real Thing—and It's Incredible
Here's how to try it tonight.
By Gigi Engle
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Come on, guys! We're going on an adventure into pleasure-packed, unexplored territory. Namely, the perineum: a nerve-rich center with massive orgasmic potential.
The perineum is the patch of skin located between the anus and the scrotum. Popular terms for this area include taint, gouche, grundle, or gooch. When touched, massaged, or otherwise engaged in sexual play, it can offer plenty of enjoyment.
"It is right nearby the internal prostate gland, and the sensation can feel very erotically sensitive, just like other erogenous zones," Lorrae Bradbury, dating coach and founder of the website Slutty Girl Problems, tells Men's Health.
You can even have an orgasm through this thing! What now? Yeah, you heard that correctly. Here is how you can have an orgasm through the perineum.
Why haven't I heard of the perineum?
You might be wondering how it is that you haven't heard about perineum pleasure or orgasms before now. That's totally normal. Given the inconsistencies in sex education around the country, many of us aren't fully aware of our anatomy.
"These areas are rarely explored in pornography and are never discussed in sex ed classes, so it's almost impossible for men to think there would be anything sexual about their perineum," says Daniel Saynt, founder of The New Society for Wellness (NSFW), a sex-positive members-only club that hosts sexual education workshops.
Stigma may also be holding guys back from exploring their perineum. Due to outdated notions about men's sexuality, guys aren't exactly shouting from the rooftops about stimulating areas outside their penis and balls. That's stilly—enjoy yourself and forget all the nonsense!
OK, on to the fun stuff.
Exploring your perineum in the shower
If you're going to orgasm through the perineum, you need to explore that body of yours! While you're in the shower, use your warm hands to see what's going on down there.
"While standing, try 'picking yourself up,'" Saynt explains. "Take your index and middle finger and begin applying pressure, lifting up slightly to feel your fingers dig into your perineum. Continue to apply pressure as you get closer to your anus. You can also squat to make it a little easier to reach your spot. You can push your pelvic and rectum muscles in and out as you apply pressure to better position your prostate to the inner walls of your perineum. With time, you should feel light contractions of your testicles."
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Try using some toys
Vibration is an awesome way to get the perineum involved in your pleasure game. If you don't own a prostate massager, get one ASAP. They CHANGE the game. Saynt recommends the Lelo Loki Wave. This prostate vibrator has a back and forth motion which is perfect for both internal and external stimulation.
Get on the bed, lie on your back, and relax. "Apply pressure to the inch right before your anus and at a certain point your going to find a spot that sends little jolts of electricity through your body," Saynt explains. "Stroke while stimulating to experience multiple orgasms, or just stimulate that area alone to reach your 'milking point.'" (For those of you who don't know what prostate milking is, it's when you're able to ejaculate repeatedly, even without an erection. Read more about it here.)
"Use a firm pressure to massage, rub, or stroke the perineum. You might want to warm up with light strokes, then increase pressure into a firmer massage," Bradbury suggests. "Start with lighter vibrations, and then work up to the most intense power. You can increase or decrease the pressure of the vibrator against the perineum to control the sensation."
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This stuff takes time
Don't get bent out of shape if you don't reach orgasm the first few (or even several) times you try this. "It's a journey, not a trip," Saynt says.
If you can't have an orgasm through the perineum or find you just aren't that into this kind of stimulation, that's perfectly OK. Every single body is different and not everyone has orgasms in the same way. There isn't even enough scientific information out there to know if every man even can have orgasm this way.
"The goal of sex doesn't always have to be about orgasm, and stimulating the most sensitive spots of your body in order to reach it. Instead, you can experience more variety of sensation by exploring lesser-known erogenous zones, and broadening your definition of pleasure to include areas that may have less concentration of nerve endings, but are still incredibly pleasurable and erotic," Bradbury says. "As you expand your experience, you'll find that sex becomes less about one specific activity, and more about a combination of pleasurable experiences."
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Research commissioned by Set Creative, the experiential and live events agency, has suggested that there is a "three-fold purchase advantage for live experiences over TV, print and radio".
According to the new report, 73 per cent of consumers in the UK and US are more likely to purchase a product if they have taken part in a live brand event.
Forty-four per cent of UK and US adults have increased their time spent on attending live events or new experiences in the last two years – with the figure rising significantly for the millennial (57 per cent) and affluent millennial (64 per cent).
Eighty-two per cent of UK and US adults want brands to create experiences that "entertain, engage and educate" them.
Forty per cent of UK and US consumers have increased their spending on new experiences in the last two years, climbing to 62 per cent among affluent millennials.
While the survey reveals "significant opportunities on offer to brands who fully embrace experiential marketing", to truly understand the "value of experience", Set Creative carried out a series of practical tests and face-to-face interviews among 300 UK consumers (reading, listening, watching and participating in a live demonstration).
Themed around making a new mocktail and the launch of a new fictitious orange drinks brand, Sevillian, the test found a significant correlation to the survey findings. Respondents involved in the live demonstration felt "entertained" (66 per cent), "engaged" (54 per cent) and "satisfied" (37 per cent) by the activity. All these attributes scored significantly higher than for those involved in the video, reading and listening tests.
Of those involved in the Sevillian live experience, 41 per cent claimed to be "very likely" to purchase the product. A near three-fold advantage over those involved in the reading (16 per cent), listening (13 per cent) and video tests (12 per cent).


The Women in Wealth awards program is designed to showcase outstanding achievement and game-changing innovation across the international financial landscape, regardless of company size or sector. In 2016, twelve Women in Wealth recipients were from the United States. Award winners are determined by a combination of votes gathered from the Wealth & Finance network of industry partners and an in-house review.
"Women's contribution to the finance industry cannot be underestimated, and as such this awards program is showcasing the most committed, successful and professional women from across the market," said Daisy Johnson, awards program coordinator.
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Kris Jenner Speaks 'Candidly' With Giuliana Rancic
Kris Jenner is opening up about her personal life – past and present.
E! News recently announced that the Keeping Up With the Kardashian matriarch will sit down for an hour-long special interview with Giuliana Rancic next month.
According to UPI, the exclusive interview will touch on a number of interesting topics. From the massive Kardashian empire and the management of her celebrity family, to more personal topics, she will reportedly discuss all aspects of her life. But, there's more!
She's even opening up about her late ex-husband Robert Kardashian and the infamous trial where he garnered national attention for the acquittal of former NFL star O.J. Simpson.
The highly-publicized trial was a very difficult time for Kris and her family. For those who don't know, O.J.'s murdered ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson was Kris' best friend.
The 58-year-old reality TV star reportedly shed light on some interest details about life inside the Simpson household. She briefly touched on their troubles with domestic violence during their seven-year marriage.
She stated they "had gotten through so much together, but it was like, they couldn't live with each other and they couldn't live without each other, so it was that very volatile relationship at times."
Kris also opened up about one of the most difficult experiences in her life – the time leading up to ex-husband's death. Although she grieved his death, she revealed one of the hardest aspects about it was seeing her children deal with the loss of their father.
"It was a horrible, horrible experience," Kris said. "And I think that we all, you know, I'm sorry. It still stings so bad, like it's so fresh."
Her love for her six children reportedly led to the discussion of the media. It's no secret Kris is constantly a target for ridicule. More times than not, she's been accused of using her children to acquire fortune and fame. So, she took time to address the accusations.
"It's so funny. It's like, give people a computer keyboard and they can say anything they want. And as hurtful as it might be, nobody knows what's going on," she said.
"I've realized at some point you can't control what ignorant, nasty people are going to say about a family really they know nothing about personally. And 99.9 percent of the stuff that's printed is absolute lies."
Beyond Candid with Giuliana: Kris Jenner is scheduled to air October 5 on E!
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We must understand that what we read in the book of Genesis comes from a religion and culture which is at its early stages of growing into a relationship with God. What Genesis recounts can be difficult and confusing for us who have the benefit of having heard the message of Christ communicated through the New Testament and the Church. The passage recounting how Abraham is asked to sacrifice his son Isaac is disturbing and appalling to us because we know the nature of God through Christ. We know God as One who is loving and life-giving. Abraham did not know Christ as we do and so experienced his relationship with God differently. This is not because God was different, but rather that Abraham did not have the benefit of knowing the fullness of God. As a result Abraham experienced God's call to trust in His promise as a severe test. In the book of Genesis we encounter the relationship between God and Abraham from Abraham's point of view and experience. Even at this primitive stage of humanity's relationship with God, Abraham learns that God does not want his son to die, but rather it is God who will provide the sacrifice Himself. Abraham gets a glimpse of what we will experience and see clearly in Christ. Christ, as true man and true God, gives Himself, so that all human beings can live.


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Sustainable and Fair Trade Fashion
Area served Worldwide
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key People Founder CEO Sophia Minney
Products Apparel and accessories
Purpose Sustainable Living
Region Served Worldwide
Founder Sophia Minney
www.peopletree.co.uk
4 Mission Statement
5 Key Team
6 Products and Services
In 1991, Safia Minney created an environmental campaigning voluntary group in Japan to focus on sustainable living. The team designed and sold Fair Trade products at festivals in Japan and that became the inspiration for the launch of her ethical fashion label, People Tree.
In 1991, Safia Minney created an environmental campaigning voluntary group called Global Village in Japan which focused on all aspects of sustainable living. The team designed and sold Fair Trade products at festivals in Japan and soon started to get requests from stockists.
The start-up was tough as Sophia invested in labour-intensive processes, dealt with disadvantaged artisans in remote corners of Bangladesh, business costs were huge and the apparel was dyed using low-impact dyes, free of azo chemicals and toxic substances. She had a two-pronged vision — the handcrafted apparel made with ethical production procedures was sustainable and provided rural artisans with a steady source of income. Her debut collection, designed using eco-textiles including organic cotton, met Global Organic Textile Standard, certified by Soil Association.
In 1995, Fair Trade Company was formed as a limited company by transferring the fair trading activity to a new company, People Tree. The company began as a catalogue of handwoven, natural dyed handbags, footwear and apparel made with cotton, Tencel Lyocell and responsible wool, using hand weaving, hand knitting, hand embroidery and hand block printing by women in remote corners of Bangladesh. Shortly, a store opened in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo and in 1996 the brand became a member of World Fair Trade Organization. In 1998, the first flagship store opened in Tokyo. The following year, People Tree expanded to England through a collaboration with Co-operative Group.
Sophia initiated World Fair Trade Day in 1999 endorsed by World Fair Trade Organization and celebrated on the second Saturday of May each year. Additionally, she co-wrote the books, 'Naked Fashion', 'The Sustainable Fashion Revolution', 'Slow Fashion', 'Aesthetics Meets Ethics' and 'Slave to Fashion'. In 2000, 'People Tree' was registered as the trading name for Fair Trade Company in London. By 2004, the company expanded into twenty countries and reportedly had a turnover of over $1.79 million. The following year, People Tree Japan launched its first 'prototype franchise' store in Tokyo. In 2006, CEO Safia Minney persuaded Top Shop to take People Tree into Topshop as a concession.
Safia and the team worked with several designers, celebrities and influencers such as Emma Watson, Dame Zandra Rhodes and Bora Aksu to mainstream the concept of sustainable and fair fashion. Today, People Tree is an active member of Fair Trade, social justice and environmental networks. It has World Fair Trade Organisation guaranteed status, is GOTS certified and a licensee of Fairtrade foundation. Sold in five hundred stores across the world, the company also has an e-commerce and mail-order business. The core vision has stayed the same since its debut — stylish, affordable fashion that respects people and the planet.
To supply customers with quality products, with friendly efficient service and build awareness to empower customers and producers to participate in Fair Trade and environmentally sustainable solutions.
To support producer partners' efforts towards economic independence, to protect the environment by using natural resources and to promote environmentally responsible initiatives.
Key Team
Founder Safia Minney
Apparel and accessories. Services to planet earth include using natural resources and promoting environmentally responsible initiatives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Tree_Ltd.
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/laura-bailey-people-tree
https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2020/02/24/11-fashion-companies-leading-the-way-in-sustainability/
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/zandra-rhodes-people-tree-collaboration
https://www.elle.com/uk/fashion/articles/g18037/emma-watson-for-people-tree/
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/emma-watson-third-people-tree-collection
https://soraethicalfashion.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/blog-post-title-2/
https://plantbasednews.org/news/boycott-fast-fashion-sustainable-brands/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/02/02/issues/going-the-extra-mile-for-fair-trade-fashion/


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Announsment
Tbilisi Fashion Week
September 11 - this year is the 17th anniversary of this tragedy
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This year is the 17th anniversary of this tragedy. Georgian US express their solidarity to the Americans and condemn this terrible terrorist act.
The date, September 11, will forever evoke recollections of unimaginable tragedy, of lives callously lost and brutally cut short and of unspeakable horror and sorrow in the hearts and minds of all of us. We have all suffered. We have all felt the heartbreak of loss in lives. It was a horrible realization of the depths of the hatred that a select few in the world have for the United States, and a terrible tragedy. We must never forget the depths of inhumanity to which terrorist fanatics are willing to sink in the name of their depraved cause as they seek to destroy the very principles of freedom and democracy on which this great nation was founded. America has never made a mistake in its policy. Remember that we were attacked not for what we do wrong but for what we do right. We will not crumble under terror or tyranny! America are strong and resilient. Today is a day to remember the heroes of that day, the lives and loved ones lost, and to dedicate anew that every day we live on, we have already defeated hate. That is why each and every September 11, we as friends of the American people honor them who lost their lives that fateful day.
Mr. Ilia Zukakishvili
The President of the American Friendship club
September 11, 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Ilia Zukakishvili
American Friendship club
On July 4, the Amerian Friendship Club hosted a large-scale reception
On July 4, the Amerian Friendship Club hosted a large-scale reception, devoted to the occasion of the 243th Independence Day of the USA.
The celebration brought together the representatives of the public and private sectors, politicians, diplomatic corps, civil society, as well as media.
All the guests were welcomed by the official delegation of the USA, led by Elizabeth Rood Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy.
The year of 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the moon-landing. Due to this reason the official ceremony was opened with the Georgian folk song Chakrulo, performed by the Rustavi Ensemble, which was sent in space in 1977. Chakrulo was followed by the playing of the Georgian and US national anthems.
Chargé d'Affaires, Elizabeth Rood delivered the welcoming speech, which she started with appeal to join her in the minute of silence to recognize the loss of the Smith family, who were killed in Georgia a year ago.
She also accentuated on the significance of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, when a man stepped on the moon for the first time, saying:
"This anniversary reminds us of the incredible things that nations can do when they are free and democratic and work together."
The Artist who communicates with the language of the colors dispersed in air
God almighty granted people the most precious gift immediately after birth – happiness of freedom and since then the human being is trying to be free or has been fighting to get back the freedom granted by God. However, to define the godly present - it is equally important to mention the substantial circumstance that in the history of the earth there is a period when the so-called "tamer torturers" composed of the same people deny the creator of the universe - God - and are trying to take away or restrict freedom.
Therefore, I as an independent reporter, dedicated my newspaper article to the person whose dreams scattered in childhood were taken away by the soviet regime. The Dutch painter of Caucasian origin Ismal Bashirov belongs to this soviet era generation. Together with time change, he completely buried the past full of ache and made his creative dreams dispersed in childhood come true in one of the most beautiful countries of Europe.
There is a period in the history when deeply educated people, excellent commanders-in-chief, politicians, diplomats and public figures of all the time are born. However, I do consider that among the greatest people craftsmen are distinguished who are united with many inter-related feelings with people. At the same time, art is the world where it is still possible to find people and exchange pleasant emotions.
I happened to find myself in such a pleasant world, the so-called Mecca of art in the Netherlands and became the co-participant of the personal exhibition at the gallery "Art of Stream" in Rotterdam. The author was a Dutch painter of Chechenian origin Islam Bashirov.
A true environment of art was created in the area where the colleagues and friends of the artist arrived from Paris, Brussels, London and Amsterdam to assess his art created in several months.
Mr. Bashirov is a special case for this sphere of art since he is still a doctor by profession. At the beginning, together with developing a medical career, art was a certain type of hobby for him by means of which he got closer to the border of real mythological colors. Later on, similar to numerous people of other profession, he emancipated himself and got born in a new space.
He dipcted the brush as his personal soldiers whose main responsibility is to assist the master - with oil, tempera, watercolor or gouache paints, distribute on the painting the gamma of colors found on the planet, the one which has not been noticed so fat by anyone apart from him. All this had a significant impact on getting him shaped as the free creator and contributed to the creation of his pseudonym as a painter Islam Abd An-Nur-kant, which replaced the surname on the actual painting.
The fact that Islam Abd An-Nur-kant belongs to the contemporary followers of avant-garde art of the 21st century who make bold steps in abstractionism and het born with new volcanic ideas for the development of this direction of art every coming day.
Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso cubic school influence can be observed minimanistically in his art. However, despite this, his paintings to a great extent resemble performance of colors and rebellious feelings of his soul characteristic to the abstractionist. At the same time, his paintings are the poetry of thoughts which takes us to the spiritual harmony through abstract paths.
In terms of content, some paintings even resemble the surrealistic life, in which the distracted character of the painter like mist is shown as well as the ocean-type of depth. He belongs to the invisible inhabitant of the universe who is free from the iconographic world and by means of realized or unrealized memory paints eternal life wrapped in the air of the Earth together with all the fragrances of continuing this life. This makes the visitor feel the aesthetic emotion to a full extent and gives him/her the feeling of travelling in the mystical world together with the painter.
Obviously, the works of the painter is available for all the strata of society. However, at the first stage it is possible for the visitor to understand his/her work and compare the colors scattered on the canvass with the revolutionary chaos. However, let me define that to understand the scientific work of Zigmund Freud, it is necessary to have the face to face dialogue with him. Therefore, what this implies is that if the person, with sub-conscious emotional feelings looks through the works of the painter several times, s/he will unexpectedly discover how the unlimited world of the creator gets awaken on the canvass together with the philosophy of cosmic colors dispersed in this world. After this, the visitor gets the desire to liberate him/herself from being liberated from being bound to everyday problems.
After the end of the personal exhibition of Islam Bashirov, my emotions towards his paintings appeared to be extremely impressive. I immediately got the feeling that he, as the infinite experimentalist painter achieved special creative maturity. He is a true discovery of avant-garde art and it is difficult to convey his narrative of words.
I am sure, the world will soon see ascending of the creator known under the name of Islam Abd An-Nur-kant to the highest peak of abstractionism.
Additionally, the desire to buy work of Islam Bashirov is increasing day-by-day and one of the first buyers were his colleague doctors and rich patrons.
The exhibition was wonderful and I am still under pleasant impressions which will follow me in the long run.
By: Ilia Zukakishvili
Independent Reporter
EU-funded projects present their achievements to Georgian media to mark 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership
On 27 March, EU-funded regional projects organised an informal gathering with leading media outlets in Georgia. The main purpose of this meeting was to discuss the tangible results and opportunities that the EU delivers to the citizens of Georgia through its regional programmes and to strengthen cooperation with journalists.
The event was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership and Georgia was the first country to host such a media event.
At the event, the EU Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) Black Sea Programme presented the newly introduced, innovative waste management practices in the Georgian city of Kutaisi. This environmental programme brings together the efforts of Georgian, Moldovan and Armenian local authorities, NGOs, scientists and activists, with the aim to reduce the amount of plastic waste in rivers.
The Eastern Partnership Territorial Cooperation project (EaP TC) presented its initiatives on cultural and economic cooperation between Georgia and Azerbaijan and Georgia and Armenia.
In addition, the EU-funded programme Mayors for Economic Growth showcased the best practices of two Georgian municipalities, Gori and Bolnisi, on how to use EU funds to support agribusiness and tourism development in the regions.
The EU framework programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, also presented its activities in Georgia, including the CURE project, aimed at finding solutions for asthmatic diseases. Beneficiaries of the Erasmus+ programme, which offers opportunities to Georgian youth to study in the EU, shared their experiences.
The event was attended by several 'Young European Ambassadors' (YEAs) from Georgia. They presented the initiative and explained how YEAs foster cooperation and sustainable links between young people in Georgia and youth organisations from the EU and its Eastern partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
EU CBC Black Sea Programme
Eastern Partnership Territorial Cooperation project
Mayors for Economic Growth
Young European Neighbours network – learn more and get involved
Death toll rises to four as 4-year-old child dies in Tbilisi explosion
A four-year-old child has died in hospital after a Tbilisi residential building explosion rocked Tbilisi several hours ago. Doctors say the child was in a critical condition when he was brought to Imedi Clinic.
Among the injured are six minors and two middle-age individuals-a man and a woman, based on the latest information.
Georgian PM Mamuka Bakhtadze has declared 17 January as a mourning day.
Flags on state buildings will fly at half-staff tomorrow.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who visited the injured children in the Iashvili Clinic, stated that their lives are not at risk.
She said that she is deeply touched by the huge tragedy and offered her condolences to the families of those who died.
The local authorities will accommodate them until the building is checked for safety and mandatory works are done.
EARLIER: 21:47
Three people have been killed and at least five injured in a powerful explosion in the Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi about two hours ago – among the injured four are children.
A gas leak may have caused the explosion. Nearby buildings were also damaged in the blast, locals say.
The evacuation of people from the building where the explosion took place has ended.
Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze are at the scene.
Health Minister David Sergeenko told the media that the health condition of two minors is satisfactory, while the condition of two others is critical. One has a skull trauma, but fortunately there is no need of surgical intervention. Another is being transported from the Imedi clinic and his health condition, as far as I know, is critical," Sergeenko said.
Residents told the media that there was a strong gas smell present in the building throughout the day. Employees of gas provider company Kaztransgas came to the building to check for a leak, but left the scene after finding that nothing was wrong with the gas infrastructure
Patrol police, rescuers and emergency brigades are at the scene.
The staircase inside the building has been destroyed, as well as the walls of several flats.
A residential building has exploded due to an alleged gas leak in Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi.
Three deaths have been confirmed, several have been hospitalised.
Rescue workers are currently trying to extinguish the fire and evacuate people from the building.
http://agenda.ge/en/news/2019/131
International Human Solidarity Day Brings People Together for Peace
Raffles University of Johor Bahru hosted a celebratory event for International Human Solidarity Day on December 29th and 30th at Capital City Mall in Malaysia. The event was co-hosted by international NGOs called Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) and International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) to raise awareness of solidarity for peace-building. Also, the Capital City joined the event in partnership.
The event included various booths, presentations and exhibitions. The Peace Letter project, one of the most-crowded booths during the event, encouraged the participants to write hand-writing letters in support of the establishment of international law for peace.
According to the volunteer of the IPYG running the booth, the letters written by the youth all over the world have been delivered to the head of each state. He added that the contents of the letters include the voice of youth urging for the legally binding document that prevents any war-like activities based on the Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW).
Several schools in Malaysia including Dato Osman Awang, Mohd Khalid are known to implement peace education in their curriculum. With the aim of fostering a culture of peace through peace education, HWPL carried out a survey during the event. The participants partook in the survey that collected the demands of the citizens for implementing peace education throughout the country.
Denise, Education Consultant in Raffles University Iskandar who headed the event, said 'I hope that this event can be an example for our students like how to organize events in future, and also to bring our students and society to a next level to more concern the world's news. And we believe this will also help our students to be more responsible to the society. ' in regards to the expected outcome of the event.
Co-hosts IPYG and HWPL also stated ' First I want to thanks for all the help in this events and being our partner until the end of the event. And I do hope that we can work together next time.'.
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With his arm outstretched he welcomed my friendship and offered his warmth politely.
"Are you Baz?" He asked " Yesss" I replied suspiciously. "Oh…, You are a musician? you were recommended to me by Robert Barker" My interest was provoked. I immediately realised there was something unusual and special about this sparkling human! I invited him in.
I spoke with him for about 1 minute. I immediately detected that he was a very individual character. I did wonder if he had a touch of autism or maybe asbergers syndrome. There was a certain focus at play. He was clearly very absorbed with his personal mission and that focus was hard to redirect. Before this first minute concluded he announced he plays piano. I immediately asked him to give me a tune. Stuart immediately headed toward the upright piano kindly donated to me by Sutton C of E primary school!
I was astonished at this mans ability.
His fingers flowed without interruption as the piano came alive like I had never heard it before. His repetoire was clearly extensive. The amazing thing was that on investigation I discovered that Stuart plays entirely from memory of what he has heard. He does not read, he reflects with artistic flare. He reproduces the music he likes with amazing ease. His memory connects to his fingers and the piano simply happens. Beautifuly!
I believe that Stuart is a type of genius, he may even be a savant.
A week or so later Stuart appeared at my door for a second time. He had wonderful news. Someone important had liked his photo on Facebook and he had recieved the personal mobile phone number from John Eden, a member of Beverly Cravens management team. Naturally Stuart was overjoyed and viewed this as a miracle from God. He asked me to record him and so I immediately reached for my Zoom handy recorder and Stuart proceeded to play his rendition of Andrew Gold's 'Lonely Boy followed immediately by Beverly Craven's 'Promise me' His performance was immediate and flawless. Stuart is a complete natural talent and I certainly do respect his ability.
More importantly Stuart is a very nice person and I am pleased he had the notion to simply turn up!
Please now enjoy the performance he gave that afternoon in my lounge!


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Archive of 'Peril in Paris' category
New video for Waterstones GoldenTime
categories: children's books, Peril in Paris, Taylor and Rose Secret Agents, videos
This week, I was delighted to be one of the children's authors taking part in Waterstones #GoldenTime. Visit the @Waterstones Twitter account for videos with different children's writers or illustrators each day. Here I am reading from Peril in Paris .
For #GoldenTime today the wonderful @followtheyellow is going to take us back in time to the Paris of 1911 as she reads from Peril in Paris, the first book in her Taylor and Rose Secret Agents series. Let the intrigue commence.
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— Waterstones (@Waterstones) April 22, 2020
Find out more about Peril in Paris or buy the book from Waterstones here.
Behind the Scenes: Air Races of the 1910s
categories: Behind the Scenes, Peril in Paris, Taylor and Rose Secret Agents
If you've read Taylor & Rose Secret Agents: Peril in Paris, you'll know that an air race plays a very important part in the story. The Grand Aerial Tour of Europe, which appears in the book, is fictional – but it's inspired by some of the real-life air races which really did take place during the 1910s.
In this post as part of my Behind the Scenes series, I'm going to talk a little bit more about these air races, and why they were so important. In the 1910s aeroplanes were still a very new invention: although people had been experimenting with aviation for some time, it was only in 1903 that the Wright Brothers had achieved 'sustained, controlled, powered flight' – in other words, the first proper aeroplane flight.
In the years that followed, aviation rapidly became popular. France was one of the nations that quickly embraced the new technology, producing many young pilots known for their daring and vitesse (speed). In Germany, Prince Heinrich (the Kaiser's brother) became the first Royal to take to the air – and in 1910 learned to fly an aeroplane himself. Aviation quickly gained popularity in America, and Japan also took a keen interest, sending army officers to France and Germany to train as pilots. (The character of Captain Nakamura in Peril in Paris is loosely based on the real-life Captain Yoshitoshi Tokugawa who went to France to learn to fly and then piloted the first ever flight in Japan, which took place in Tokyo in December 1910.)
Initially Britain was more cautious: rather than the government, it was actually newspaper magnate Lord Northcliffe who pointed out the particular importance of flight for Britain, declaring that 'England is no longer an island' after Louis Bleriot's successful crossing of the Channel by plane (fun fact for fans of the Sinclair's Mysteries -Bleriot's plane was later exhibited at Selfridges department store so that people could come and see it for themselves, which I can well imagine happening at Sinclair's!) With this in mind, it was Lord Northcliffe who initiated one of the most important British air-races – the Daily Mail Circuit of Britain – to boost the popularity of aviation in the UK.
By 1911, when Peril in Paris is set, air races had become very popular, offering bold young pilots the chance to show off their skills, test out their new planes – and win impressive prizes. Real-life examples that helped inspire my fictional Grand Aerial Tour of Europe include the 1911 Circuit of Europe Race, which covered a distance of almost 1,000 miles, and was sponsored by the French newspaper Le Journal. 500,000 spectators turning out to see the start of the Circuit of Europe Race.
Many of the pilots who took part in these races soon became famous, including the likes of Louis Bleriot, Hubert Latham, Eugene Lefebvre and Leon Delagrange. However, early aviation was tough: whilst 43 pilots took part in the Circuit of Europe Air Race, only nine of them managed to complete the whole course successfully. Three of them were killed in fatal accidents – early aviation was dangerous, and plane crashes and fires were relatively common. Air races could be dangerous for spectators too: during the Paris-to-Madrid Air Race which also took place in 1911, the French Minister of War, Henri Berteaux, was killed, and others were injured when an aircraft lost power and crashed into the crowd at the start of the race.
At around the same time that these air races were taking place, governments around the world were beginning to see the potential of aviation for military and intelligence use – as journalist Roberta Russell points out to Sophie in Peril in Paris. The Italians were the first to use planes for surveillance, in their war with Turkey in 1911. Just a few years later, when World War I broke out, aeroplanes would have a crucially important role to play.
If you're interested in finding out more about aviation during this period, I'd recommend KM Peyton's Flambards books for young adults, in particular The Edge of the Cloud. You might also be entertained by the 1965 film 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines', a comedy set in 1910 based around a fictional air-race from London to Paris. It seems very dated now, but it's fun and intriguing to see one of the 1910s air races brought to life on screen!
The pictures in this post come via my Peril in Paris Pinterest board (click the image for the source) where you can also find lots more images that helped inspire the book.
Check out my other 'Behind the Scenes' posts exploring the historical background of the Sinclair's Mysteries and Taylor & Rose Secret Agents
Behind the Scenes: The Secret Service Bureau
It's been a while since I've written one of my 'Behind the Scenes' blog posts, exploring the real-life historical background to my books, the Sinclair's Mysteries and new series Taylor & Rose Secret Agents. However, today I thought I'd write a little bit about the Secret Service Bureau – the top-secret government spy organisation which appears in my latest book Taylor & Rose Secret Agents: Peril in Paris.
If you've read the 'Author's Note' at the back of the book, you'll already know that this organisation takes its inspiration from the real-life Secret Service Bureau, which really was set up secretly by the British government towards the end of 1909, to carry out intelligence work. Although it was initially small, the SSB soon grew, and was divided into two separate divisions – one which focused on counter-espionage at home in Britain, another gathering intelligence abroad. Today, we know those two divisions as 'MI5' and 'MI6'.
My version of the SSB is very much fictional, but has some basis in real-life history. In Peril in Paris, we rejoin young detectives Sophie and Lil in 1911, and find them working for the newly-formed Secret Service Bureau as secret agents, helping to track down German spies. Early in its history, the real SSB actually did employ private detectives to carry out their work in this way – although I'm afraid that in all my research, I didn't come across any real-life examples of young women detectives working for them!
The focus on routing out German spies is also based on real history. In the run-up to the First World War, there was growing tension between Britain and Germany. Suspicion abounded about a network of German spies working undercover in Britain, gathering secret information to pass back to the German government. Interestingly though, today there is some debate amongst historians about how established or successful this German 'spy network' really was. Some have suggested that the government officials who first set up the SSB may have been influenced by wild rumours circulating about spies: Lord Esher famously commented 'spy catchers get espionage on the brain'. These rumours could have been stimulated by the writings of novelists such as William Le Queux, who wrote hugely popular novels such as The Invasion of 1910 and Spies of the Kaiser, which whipped people into a frenzy about the threat from Germany. (Other popular spy books from this period include the likes of The Riddle of the Sands and The Thirty-Nine Steps.)
In the same way, whilst he is also very much fictional, 'C', the boss of the SSB who appears in Peril in Paris owes a little something to the two directors of the real-life SSB – Vernon Kell (sometimes known as 'K') who headed up the domestic branch (later MI5) and Mansfield Cumming (known as 'C') who looked after foreign affairs (later MI6).
The two men were very different and sometimes clashed with each other. 'K' spoke many languages, and had served in the military in both Russia and China before returning to London to work for the War Office, before being chosen to head up the SSB while still only in his mid-30s. He was known to be quiet, tactful, diplomatic and charming – a strategic thinker, highly organised. 'C', by contrast, was an extrovert – cheerful and amusing, who considered intelligence work 'capital sport'. He had several eccentricities, some of which I borrowed for my own fictional 'C', including that he always signed his name in green ink. ('C' was later to become a customary name for all later directors, coming to stand for 'Chief').
In my research into the real SSB, I also found out about some of the people who worked for them. These included William Melville (sometimes known as 'M') a former police detective and Superintendant of Scotland Yard's Special Branch who had helped foil an assassination plot against Queen Victoria. He officially retired in 1903 but went on to secretly carry out intelligence work for the government, later becoming an important part of K's department who focused on searching out German spies. He eventually even founded a 'spy school' in Whitehall to help train other secret agents. (One of my favourite facts about him is that he apparently befriended the illusionist Harry Houdini, who taught him to pick locks!) Other key figures included Sidney Reilly, the famous 'Ace of Spies' who worked undercover in Tsarist Russia, and was involved in so many dramatic incidents that many have speculated he was the original inspiration for the most famous fictional spy of all – James Bond.
What's more, the fictional German spymaster Ziegler who is mentioned in Peril in Paris also has a real-life counterpart – Steinhauer, who was the head of the German intelligence service from 1901. He had spent a lot of time in America and spoke fluent English. Ironically he actually worked alongside Melville in the early 1900s to prevent an assassination of the Kaiser organised by Russian anarchists. He was responsible for placing German spies in Britain before World War I and is supposed to have recruited many of them himself, travelling to Britain under various secret identities, often in disguise.
There's lots more that I could write about the real-life Secret Service Bureau – there are dozens of books about it, including both official and unofficial histories. Some that I read included MI5 in the Great War edited by Nigel West, Spooks: The Unofficial History of MI5 by Thomas Hennessey and Claire Thomas, The Defence of the Realm: The Authorised History of MI5 by Christopher Andrew and Spies of the Kaiser: Counter-Espionage before the First World War.
Ultimately, however, in Peril in Paris I had a lot of fun imagining my own version of the SSB, inspired partly by this research, but also by the traditions of the spy thriller. Because of course, no classic spy story would be complete without a visit to a mysterious head office, where the secret agent receives their instructions from the charismatic director – whether it's 'M' in James Bond films, 'Control' in John Le Carré's novels, or Alan Blunt and Mrs Jones who appear in Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider books.
Of course, that's exactly what happens to Sophie at the beginning of Peril in Paris when she goes to the SSB to meet 'C' and be given an exciting new assignment – which will soon see her setting out to Paris on an undercover mission to investigate a mysterious murder …
Celebrating Peril in Paris
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Peril in Paris has already been out in the world for a whole month, and I'm only now getting round to writing about it! That's because it's been a super-busy few weeks – not only have I recently moved house, I've also been enjoying lots of fun celebrations to welcome the first book in the Taylor & Rose Secret Agents series.
Several exciting things happened in the run up to publication. First of all, with the help of Arcus Studios, publisher Egmont created this incredible animated trailer for the book using Karl's illustrations, which perfectly evokes what the book is all about. (Make sure you've got your sound on – the music is a treat!)
As soon as the book hit shops at the beginning of August, I went out and about on a little tour of London to sign lots of copies, including visits to Waterstones branches at Finchley Road, Islington Green, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly and Kings Road. I also made this 'shelfie' video for Waterstones in which I recommend some of my favourite children's books which, like Peril in Paris, have female friendships firmly at their heart.
To celebrate the new book, I met up with my brilliant agent and editor for some delicious French treats at Maison Bertaux – magnifique!
Next, in what may have been one of my most unapologetically 'extra' book launch celebrations to date, I headed off to Paris for a celebratory day-trip with my friends Katie, Nina and Claire. We had a truly superbe day enjoying the Paris shops, strolling past the sights, and taking a boat trip along the Seine – as well as eating some tasty French food and taking about a million photos. What a treat – thanks guys, I honestly can't think of a better way to welcome Peril in Paris into the world!
Next up was a trip to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, one of my very favourite book festivals and always a highlight of the year! I teamed up with Robin for an event as part of the festival Schools Programme, and then with Natasha Farrant for an event about thrilling adventures, also featuring her book The Children of Castle Rock. I got to read from Peril in Paris for the very first time; signed lots of books for the readers who came along; and Natasha and I even had a dog join us on stage – I think that's definitely a first!
Another exciting happening at this year's EIBF was getting to meet the brilliant Chelsea Clinton (see above). Chelsea was in Edinburgh to talk about her new children's book She Persisted Around the World, and was kind enough to join us for a special recording of Down the Rabbit Hole, where she spoke to me and to her fellow guest Katherine Webber about her book, as well as her favourite children's books. Have a listen here.
Finally, another amazing thing that happened was this – a Peril in Paris themed milkshake! I'm thrilled that SBlended have created the brilliantly-named 'Moo La La', inspired by the book – look out for them in their shops. They're running a competition too, find out more here. (I certainly never could have imagined that one of my books would inspire its very own milkshake – and I can't wait to try one!)
There have been lots of lovely responses to Peril in Paris already: if you've read it, do let me know what you think of Sophie and Lil's latest adventure. If you haven't read it yet, you can of course get a copy from Waterstones, The Hive or Amazon. It's also currently available as part of a promotion in both Waterstones and WH Smith Travel stores, so do look out for it there!
And if you fancy finding out a bit more about the book then check out my Peril in Paris Pinterest board, and stay tuned for some more posts about the historical background, coming up shortly!
Back to School with Mystery and History
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It's that time of year again! September is here and the new term is almost upon us. I know not everyone feels the same way but I love this time of year: picking blackberries, the first crunchy autumn leaves, getting to wrap up in cosy jumpers… and of course buying new stationery for those 'back to school' vibes.
Of those of you who are actually going 'back to school' in the next week or two – teachers, you can now find a brand new masterclass for my books on Authorfy – Mystery & History with Katherine Woodfine.
The Peril in Paris masterclass is ideal for KS2 pupils who would enjoy reading about spies, mysteries, daring-do in 1900s Paris, an intrepid sausage dog, and lots of cake! There's also a KS1 masterclass inspired by Rose's Dress of Dreams, which we filmed in the gorgeous surroundings of the Victoria and Albert Museum as you can see above. Each masterclass includes videos, extracts and a detailed scheme of work. Find out more here.
There are also lots more free resources on my website that you can access here – including a 3 week lesson plan for The Clockwork Sparrow, posters and activity sheets to download for my books, and much more.
And if you're interested in booking in a school visit for the new school year, you're welcome to get in touch: my calendar is currently booked up until May 2019, but please do feel free to contact me here regarding events for the summer term onwards.
Happy back to school season everyone!
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Haroun and the sea of stories movie Rating: 9,9/10 1895 reviews
Haroun and the Sea of Stories: Adaptations
One day, Haroun arrives home from school to learn that his mother has run off with his upstairs neighbor. There is also P2C2E - a Process Too Complicated To Explain, which summoned H2G2 to mind. Haroun soon learns that this magical being accelerates at a rapid speed that no bird can ever do and soon finds out that this bird is a machine. Haroun turns to look at the man, who has an abundance of feather-like hair on his head and face. As they walk, Haroun notices that they're surrounded by guards and that the citizens of the Valley look hostile.
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He is known for his alliteration of speech and his reckless driving. Rushdie hats off for that! Haroun and Rashid board a mail bus bound for the Valley of K. Rushdie began comprising the stories in the book by telling them to his son during bath time. I waited with bated breath for his memoir Joseph Anton, which I, unsurprisingly, devoured. Sengupta is a measly man who lives above the Khalifa family in the sad city.
Is Haroun and the Sea of Stories also a movie
At the end of the novel, Rashid tells a crowd at a political rally the story of Haroun's adventures on Kahani. Africa, have you seen it? When Haroun enters the Walrus's office, he sees all his friends and Rashid there. They all rejoice in the Land Of Chup and all is well. I read this together with my 10 year old at bed time and he really enjoyed This did not remind me of Harry Potter at all. Actions could be as noble as words. They were marching to the sea where on the shore were tons of salt just gathered in piles, but that was illegal for Indians to get salt and sell it, or use it. Osim toga, ova bajka ne bi bila bajka da ne sadrži i večitu borbu dobra i zla - borbu protiv svega onoga što ljude koči i sprečava da budu srećni i zadovoljni.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Summary
Salman Rushdie's writing reminded me of a radio show turned book. Haroun asks if the names mean anything, to which Rashid replies that all names mean something. But the best part of the book? Bolo tries to fire her, but Mudra asks her to be a part of his army because of her bravery. Haroun, 133 This gave a strong shock on knowing this because taking the normal shadow can now be customized to be another being. Sengupta and then again by Khattam-Shud, the personification of negation and silence. Fairy lands are fearsome too.
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It's just that it lacks some level of subtely and cohesiveness that good books have. When Rashid attempts to tell his stories, however, no words come out, and the politicos get very mad. There were so many Streams of story, of so many different colours, all pouring out of the Source at once, that it looked like a huge underwater fountain of shining white light. Haroun, 47 Haroun immediately realizes this theory every time Mr. They are taken to a giant, black ship.
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They climb on its back and accelerate into space. I can't wait 'to play' now with this novel. This is a classified as a children's book. One where stories flow and noise rules the roost, silence steps in as the antagonist to well. Snooty Buttoo Snooty Buttoo is an autocrat politician in the Valley of K. Children's literature at its best can have real bite and emotional impact, but unfortunately Rushdie's effort feels like tourism to the genre. Young Haroun helps his father get his gift of storytelling back and thus saves the day.
This gives a sense of how very observant Haroun is. What makes Haroun even more memorable is the deft wordplay. Orwell wrote about the same thing happening in real life in Homage to Catalonia - no discipline problems. Haroun and the Sea of Stories can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Goopy Goopy is a Plentimaw fish that helps Haroun as he ventures to the land of Chup. He can only focus on an image of his mother, however, and after eleven minutes, he loses his concentration.
Book Reports for Readers below 12 years: Book Report: HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES
The weather suddenly changes, and the boat is surrounded by a mist so thick that Haroun can't even find his own nose. There are many blurbs on the back and front of this book, and I agree with all of them: it is Swiftian, it is written on more than one level fable, fantasy, allegory , and it is wonderfully inventive. On the first day of the rains, Haroun comes home from school to find that Soraya ran off with Mr. Ny way in England it come out on the 9th July. When Haroun wakes, he tells Iff and Butt what happened.
Haroun and The Sea Of Stories
I've written about Rushdie's male-oriented but creative writing of gender before, but here it strikes me as simply sloppy. I hope that after you read my reports and other stuff you will give comments, read the book if you like the sound of it or even send your own reports and feedback to me. More importantly, Rashid restores his creativity. This book is easy, and it's very cute. I can't wait 'to play' now with this novel. We're also encouraged to remember the earlier aside about the mail service employees being extra excitable due to the difficulty of their job.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Literature)
After Haroun's mother, Soraya, leaves for Mr. Haroun Haroun is the hero of the story. This is the beauty of free speech. Sempre gostei de realismo fantástico, sendo o um dos meus maiores referenciais, inclusive lembrei varias vezes dele durante a leitura. As I wander far from view Read, and bring me home to you. They are both leaders and somebody that the land looks up to for help.


Digital printmaking is an exciting new area for printmakers to extend their artistic practice. This print is not a reproduction, like a lithograph, etching or screenprint it is a "multiple original". This view of Mt Cook/Aoraki from printmaker Alec Tayler's South Island series is a stunning example of how a printmaker can use the tools and equipment of digital printing to produce a fine art print that respects and builds on earlier forms of printmaking - whilst adding a clarity and contrast that gives this print a richness and depth that has to be seen to be believed. Unlike the traditional views of Mt Cook/Aoraki Tayler places people in the landscape, it is not an empty landscape devoid of human life but a place of beauty we now actively engage with rather than passively observing.


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Wednesday 23 May 2018 - Roland-Garros
The "Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas" final is on Friday 25 May at Roland-Garros and on France tv sport.
The first edition of the "Roland-Garros eSeries by BNP Paribas" e-gaming tournament, launched by the FFT and BNP Paribas, will conclude Friday 25 May at Roland Garros with a big finale.
The final of this brand new competition will be contested by the eight winners of the qualifying rounds, which were held between March and May in Belgium, Brazil, China, Spain, France, Great Britain, India and Italy.
The competition will see the eight finalists play the new video game "Tennis World Tour", published by Bigben and released on 22 May.
The winner will be crowned the first ever champion of an e-tennis tournament organised by a Grand Slam tournament.
This final will be broadcast live from 3pm (GMT +1) on Friday 25 May on the France tv sport platform as well as via Facebook Live on the France tv sport page, and will also be shown on the Roland Garros Facebook page and on the WeAreTennis website.
Commentary will be provided by journalist Matthieu Lartot and professional e-sport player and e-sport ambassador for Roland Garros, Norman "Genius" Chatrier - the grandson of former FFT president Philippe Chatrier, after whom Roland-Garros' premier court is named.
Roland Garros and BNP Paribas are proud to act as trailblazers in organising this type of competition, as well as bringing together the e-gaming and tennis-playing communities.
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Gun violence in the United States has continued to escalate, with the number of mass shootings already at 213 this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The nation watched in horror as one of the deadliest school shootings in history unfolded and people are yet again left wondering if there is some way they can help to stop these tragedies.
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